Pizza Port Mother of All Beers

Formerly brewed at Pizza Port (Solana Beach)
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Solana Beach, California USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle I shared at Clockworks 4K/5K/10K Gathering 2013. 2005 Vintage I think. Pours a deep mahogany with nice haze and light off white lacing. Aroma is faint, dusty musk, belgian spice and candy. Mouthfeel is medium, nicely carbonated with notes of musky dusty basement, faint fruit, aged belgian candy and spice. Slightly passed it’s prime, but this was probably one mother of a beer a few years ago.

Bottle at the 4k5k10k tasting. Pours brown with a beige head. Sweet malts, toffee, light yeasty spice, and some hints of oxidation-like weirdness. Still good, but not as good as it probably once was.

Bottle shared by JRedmond for 10k/5k/4k. Pours cloudy caramel brown. Nose and taste of caramel, toffee, grape, dark fruit and sherry. Lightly oxidized. Medium body.

Bottle sample at RBSG 2010 (notes) shared by eyedrinkale (I thought). Pours a murky brown color with a small beige head. The aroma and flavor showcased thick sweet caramel malts, big fruit character (berries, raisins, fig, even some citrus), candi sugar, brown sugar and some bready character. Definite oxidation, although it seems to have held up pretty well.

A personal whale finally tasted, thanks to Dr Bill at Woodshop. Piursca very dark brown with a big bubbled tannish head. Mega malf nose, sticky dried fruit, molasses, dark wheat bread and some oxidation. Flavor has held the test of time remarkably well. Sweet, malty, brown sugar, buckwheat honey, and light oxidation.

Sampled a 10 year old bottle. Very dark red pour with a small white head. Smooth malty flavors. Good dark fruit. Mildly sweet. Tinge of sour. But mostly blended malty goodness.

Bottle. 25.4 oz. Split with Patty at Monk’s Cafe.Pours plumb-chesnut brown with a thin, tan, sticky-laced head. Aroma and taste of toffee, raisins, figs, candy sugar, scotch, barley, figs, roasted malts, plums, vanilla, corriander, and hints of dry hops. Medium, biting body with a viscous, slightly tart aftertaste. Finishes slowly with a boozy, lofty slow-burn. Outstanding brew all around.

Just another piece of an unbelievable day. Mike G pulls this out of his cellar to tempt Tomme to open a Yellow Bus with us, and it is successful. Cloudy orange-brown with a strong head. Nose is malty and warm like a barley wine, but with a hint of citrus tartness. Taste is orange sweet and sharp tart, with a warm fuzziness. Tart smack in the back. Awesome day and awesome beer.

Bottle. Thanks a lot sunvdj! Brown pour with a creamy light tan head. The aroma is dark fruit, ripe berries, light acid, mollasse and light spicy. The flavour is dakr fruit, alcohol, berries and lots of caramel. Creamy texture. Nice one!

75 cL bottle, courtesy sunevdj. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Wineous, fruity, caramelish and phenolic aroma - rather smooth and inviting. Wineous fruity and phenolic flavoured. Smooth. Mild acidic. Lingering fruity and slight acidic.